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In-State Target Josh Padilla Talks “Shocking” Ohio State Offer, Nasty Streak, How Wrestling Career Has Paid Off in Football

The Hurry-Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.

Padilla talks OSU offer, wrestling career

The last 24 hours have been a whirlwind for Wayne (Ohio) High School offensive lineman Josh Padilla. But first, let’s take you back to about two weeks ago.

Padilla, a 2023 riser out of the Huber Heights program, got a Twitter notification on March 7 that Ohio State offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson had retweeted one of Padilla’s wrestling highlights after he won his district championship in the 285-pound class.